M3.1 earthquake 19 km NW of Gönen, Turkey
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 19 km NW of Gönen, Turkey on Thu, Mar 17, 2005, 8:59 AM GMT+2 (06:59 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 16 km NW of Marmara, Turkey. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-03-17 06:59:27 UTC
- Depth
- 38.0 km (23.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.230° N, 27.490° E
- Region
- Turkey
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000djcn. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 296°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.711 km SW of Çorlu, Turkey · 7865 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.816 km NW of Marmara, Turkey · 7861 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.84 km S of Gönen, Turkey · 7847 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.56 km SW of Bal?kesir, Turkey · 7846 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.99 km NNW of Susurluk, Turkey · 7844 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.010 km WNW of Manyas, Turkey · 7820 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000djcn. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:38 AM UTC.